Red Cross Funds Sought for Athens County War Effort
Athens County Red Cross outlines work across three departments ex service civilian and community houses. In the past year 600 office calls 65 new compensation cases 1200 letters and 13 soldiers aid were recorded. Plans for 1920 include a new community house two and a half miles wide a health lecture program and reorganizing the Girls club with a proposed budget of 7260.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Ohio
The
County Health Department
Athens City Girls’ Club
Parley to push enforcement of prohibition meets in Ohio
Governor Donahey announced a post election conference in Columbus to urge mayor sheriffs prosecutors and other local officials to stricter enforce prohibition narcotic and related laws and to boost cooperation with federal prohibition authorities. He denied comments that he would vote for a Republican over Al Smith.
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Columbus
Donahey
Ohio
Federal
Prohibition Department
al. Smith
New York
Washington
Presint Coolidge
Goverors
Preachers In Car Crash At East St Louis
Two ministers Rev J C Burns of Shipman Illinois and Rev J H Bell a missionary of the East St Louis Baptist Association collided head on in East St Louis Illinois Both took blame and then helped repair the damage to their cars driving them home after the incident Burns said it was his fault and Bell echoed the same sentiment The meeting followed revival services in Dupe Illinois and the two gospel messengers exchanged polite farewells after the act of cooperation
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East ST. Louis
Mr. Burns
Mr. Bell
Ohio voters face Klux campaigns and new city charter
Ohio elections near with Klan as a major issue in cities like Steubenville Newark East Liverpool and Youngstown. Voters weigh a new 25 member council with proportional representation while registration lags. Klansmen and anti Klansmen compete for mayoral bids amid expected statewide referendums and pension measures.
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Cleveland
Ku Klux Klan
Taft
Albaugh
Ohio
Tom Johnson
Street Railway
Youngstown
Steubenville
Trenton
Elyria
Wellsville
Flat Liverpool
Newark
Marion
Toronto
Knights of the Flaming Circle
Frank A. Hawkins
Herman B. Passavant
James Kean
W. H. N. Stevens
Beatty
Komme
George Oles
James W. Watkins
Donahey
Charles F. Scheible
W. J. Williams
T. C. Muldoon
William G. Reese
George B. Snyder
Murder of high Fulton County bachelor arrests spark roundup
Oklahoma City dispatch reports a wide round up of witnesses and evidence aimed at impeaching Governor Walton. Legislators return as impeachment charges outline the push to expose alleged KKK ties and restore order amid a brewing political case.
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Fulton County
Robert Thornburgh
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J. CC
Iron Jack) Walton
Senate
Walton
Ku Klux Klan
No Stick
Delta Man Detained in Slain Farmer Case Near Wauseon
Len Gehring, 46, of Delta, is held in Fulton county jail awaiting coroner Wrights inquest into Meek Garmans death. Garmans body, found yesterday with brutal head trauma from an axe and knife, links Gehring as a possible suspect after a neighbor saw him leave the farm on a bicycle.
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Wauseon
Len Gehring
Delta
Fulton County
Wright
Meek Garman
Garmon
Gehring
William Raufer
Honduras Predicted Unrest As Election Sparks Army Orders
President Gutierrez orders all military commanders to quash disorders by force amid the Honduran presidential election fears of serious trouble and unrest.
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Washington
Honduras
Gutierrez
Greece forces overcome without bloodshed near Megara
The remaining counter revolutionary forces in Greece have been overcome without resistance or blood shed near Megara, according to the state department.
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Washington
Greece
Megara
State Department
Ohio River stages rise planned in Cincinnati district
Ohio River readings from Kanawha to Kentucky mouth show rising water expected tonight or Tuesday. Gauges report Pittsburgh 6.6 falling, Parkersburg 11.1 rising, Kanawha Falls 1.3 falling, Charleston 6.5 pool, Point Pleasant 5.5 stationary.
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Cincinnati
Kanawha
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Kanawha Falls
Charlceton
Point Pleasant
Payroll theft near Weirton solved in 1920 case
Steubenville report states $93 000 payroll for Weirton Steel Co. en route from Farmers National Bank to Weirton West Virginia on November 11 1920 was replaced with a sack of newspapers. Federal authorities plan a West Virginia grand jury session. A mail truck driver is suspected and three arrests have been made.
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Steubenville
Weirton Steel Co
Farmers’ National Bank
Weirton
W. Va
Department of Justice
West Virginia
Federal Grand Jury
T. A. Brown
Weirton National Bank
Watch Dog Sauer to Broadcast on Local Radio
McKinley H. Sauer known as the Messenger Watch Dog will broadcast from Station WBAV in Columbus between 9 and 10 pm CST. Listeners with radio sets are urged to tune in to hear the Watch Dog bark in a program whose exact format is not specified. Sauer is renowned as a public speaker and columnist with noted bedtime stories.
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McKinley H. Sauer
WBAV
Erner- Hopkins Co
Columbus
Sauer
Mac
Graft charges to be aired in senatorial hearing
Sen sational graft and extravagance in US Veterans Bureau site purchases are probed. Livermore California site cost alleged at 25000 dollars and a kitchenless hospital at Excelsior Springs Missouri amid Forbes era. President Coolidge orders thorough investigation before action. Forbes attends hearings with cane and attorney Easby-Smith. O'Ryan leads inquiry with medalists among veterans.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Senate Investigating Committee
Livermore
Cal
Excelsior Springs
Charles FR. Forbes
Senate
Coolidge
Daugsherty
Col
Forbes
James 8. Kasby-Smith
A. FE
Reed
Pennsylvania
John F. O'Ryan
O’ryan
Easby- Smith
O'Ryan
Easby-Smith
Midwestern and Canadian Municipal Campaigns Preview Bitter Races
In Toronto a citizens ticket backed by the plan arouses a fierce contest. Akron and Canton lean on traditional party lines with street car fare issues shaping races. Cincinnati votes on twelve ballots with bond issues totalling 19.9 million dollars and a Taft law fight drawing interest. Dayton and Toledo campaigns hint at locally influential roles and a hard re election fight for Mayor Brough.
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Toronto
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Dayton
Toledo
Brough
England Refuses Optimism on Reparations Conference
London officials said they were not optimistic about the proposed international reparations conference. France’s drastic conditions could nullify the meeting’s value and may keep the United States from participating.
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London
France
United States
Printer in Venice Introduces Italic Type in 1521
A Venetian printer develops italic type in 1521 aiming to fit more text on pages. The invention refines typography by slanting characters to emulate handwriting and save space in early modern books.
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Venice
Eich appointed Saxony commissary as government falls
Berlin adopts a Reich backed move after the Dresden cabinet rejects Berlin’s demand. Dr Heinze of the German People’s party takes broad administrative powers, replacing Premier Zeigner and effectively setting aside the Saxon government.
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Berlin
Ebert
Germany
Heinze
Saxony
Dresden
Reich
German People’s Party
Zeigner
All Concrete North Ridge Road Finished in Record Time
Elyria Ohio reports Patterson Construction of Lorain completed an 18 foot concrete road on the North Ridge over a mile long in sixteen and a half days. This completes two all concrete highways between Elyria and Lorain.
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Elyria, O
North Ridge
Patterson Construction Company
Lorain
Conference on international relations meets in Elyria
The conference on international relations holds one of its 33 state meetings in Elyria Ohio urging U S entry into the league of nations or the world court.
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Elyria
Conference On International Relations
United States
League of Nations
World Court
Todate
Cross Klan Parade Ends With Police Action in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth Ohio 276 alleged Klansmen and 78 Kamellans faced arrest for obstructing traffic as they marched masked toward a church cornerstone ceremony. A blazing cross was kicked down by an officer. two Kamellans then raised it while the crowd sang Onward Christian Soldiers.
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Portsmouth
Trenton
Jackson
Pikeville
First Lutheran
Joseph Distel
Central
Kamelian
Distel
Reparations Panel To Discuss German Note Tomorrow
The Inter allied reparations commission will meet tomorrow to discuss the latest German note and to consider calling an international committee of experts to handle reparations, according to the foreign office.
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Pari
Inter-allied
Kidnapping case ends with mother joining suspect
In Tiltonville Ohio Ruby Griffin eight years old was taken by her father G H Griffin of Akron on the way to school. The mother agreed to accompany her estranged husband to the location where he had sent the girl in an automobile.
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Tiltonville
Ruby Griffin
G. H. Griffin
Akron
Lost Right Ear In House Cleaning Mishap
Mrs. T. C. Ashton falling from a tool she stood on while cleaning house had her right ear torn out after striking it on a table corner. She also sustained a severe bruise behind the ear.
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T. C. Ashton
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley and Tennessee period
Weather outlook for the period ending November 3 1923. Ohio Valley and Tennessee will see considerable cloudiness with showers at the start and again later in the week. Temperatures will run near normal.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Hunger strike ended for Republican prisoners in free state jails
Republican prisoners in free state jails discontinue hunger strikes. Government announced the move after reports of ongoing protests and rising prisoner counts. The notice notes the status and implies continued tension between authorities and republican detainees.
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Dublin
Free State
Mae
Experts Seek Facts in German Reparations Plan
Washington report says a conference of experts may break the deadlock over reparations by clarifying Germany's ability to pay. While Poincare signals no reduction, U S officials favor only advisory expert work to publish exact facts, with experts possibly headed by J P Morgan or Charles G Dawes as the reparations commission meets.
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Washington
Premier Poincare
M. Poincare
France
United States Senate
America
White House
State Department
Coolidge
Hughes
Germany
Poincare
J. P. Morgan
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Replarations Commission
Willis to Speak at Warren Township High School Dedication
United States Senator Frank B. Willis will be the speaker at the dedication ceremony for the new Warren township high school in Rayland Ohio on November 15.
Man Confesses Liquor Hoard Led to Fine in Akron
In Akron this morning Judge Roylan fined Larry Gorhan of North Springfield 300 dollars after Gorhan explained his possession of liquor. He claimed his brother owed him 300 dollars and gave him about 60 gallons of whiskey to sell, with the proceeds to him.
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Roylan
Akron
Larry Gorhan
North Springfield
Larry
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